Have one to sell? It included another single by them that I never heard before entitled "Google Eye" and that too was a great listen. So, I went to Woolworth's, yes, Woolworth's, and they had the single and I immediately purchased it. Various Artists Rock n' Roll Reunion: The other members of the Nashville Teens on

Nashville Teens grow out of british rock`n'roll in the early sixties and became one of the most underrated of the uk-bands. Only two hits, the hard-hitting version of John De Loudermilk song Tobacco Road and the follow-up Google Eye. the rest made just little of traces/5(11). Tobacco Road Lyrics: I was born - in a bunk / Mama died an' my daddy got drunk / Left me here to - die or grow / In the middle of "Tobacco Road" / Grew up in - up rusty shack / All I had was a-hangin. This is not the original studio recordings but low quality recorded audio from mainly a live radio gig. I am a fan of the Nashville Teens but the low audio quality renders this a waste. The other members of the Nashville Teens on the later recordings are labeled as studio musicians which is a total insult/5(2).

We currently don't have any themes associated nashville teens tobacco road this song. Would you like to contribute? It nashville teens tobacco road the Nashville Teens to make "Tobacco Road" into an international hit inand though it was their only international hit, it was a classic that reinterpreted the Loudermilk composition from the ground up. As originally recorded by Loudermilk on a single, "Tobacco Road" was a sparsely arranged tale of rural poverty with a thumping beat played on low guitar strings, connected by a lighter and jazzier bridge, and occasionally decorated by bluesy guitar figures. Loudermilk's voice wasn't too forceful, though, and a remake on his 12 Sides of album was far inferior and far too jaunty. Somehow the song made its way to the Nashville Teens, nashville teens tobacco road transformed it into a grinding blues-rocker that made the British Top Ten and the American Top Twenty.